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ELISABETH MILLS REID

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At the regular meeting held on May 1st, 1931, of the Boardof Managers of the Bellevue Training School for Nurses, thefollowing resolution was proposed by Mrs. Hartwell and secondedby Miss Potter, for incorporation in the minutes of the meeting.

This resolution was unanimously adopted by a standing vote ofthe Board, and the Secretary was authorized to send a copy to thefamily of Mrs. Reid.

The Board of Managers of the Bellevue Training School forNurses has learned with deepest sorrow of the death, on April

29th, 1931, of its dearly loved member, Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.

Mrs. Reid became a member of the Board in 1883, and in1919 was elected Vice President, which position she has helduntil the present time. During her years of service to theTraining School, extending over nearly half a century, she has

never lapsed in her active interest in the school or in the welfare

of the nurses. Her knowledge of the subject of nursing and herunusually wise judgment have been given with the utmost devo-tion and loyalty during this entire period.

While Mrs. Reid's interest in nursing and nurses extendedinto many fields, notably in California, the Army, and the RedCross, she often expressed her peculiar affection for the school atBellevue and her pride in the work being done there.

Her co-operation in the care of our sick nurses and her help-fulness in securing treatment for them when necessary at theTrudeau Sanatarium at Saranac were outstanding features of herendeavor and will be greatly missed.

She also was an active supporter of the development of theMills Training School for Male Nurses founded in 1887 by herfather, Mr. D. O. Mills, and of which her brother, Mr. OgdenMills, became Chairman after their father's death.

The members of our Board are unanimous in their testimonythat Mrs. Reid's influence was always a potent factor in advanc-ing the standards of nursing education. She held firmly to theview that the nursing profession was one of the noblest activitiesopen to women and her help was never lacking when any oppor-tunity offered for advancing this idea.

It was Mrs. Reid's especial joy to make the nurses' life, whilein training, a happy one, and, in so far as possible, to give theirresidence a homelike atmosphere. No detail concerning theircomfort was too insignificant to arouse her interest. Her open-

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handed generosity was in evidence throughout the year and shetook great delight in making Christmas and graduation herparticular concern. Her sense of duty and loyalty to the Schoolnever abated, as was illustrated by the effort she made to attendBoard meetings even in the midst of a very active official life andoften on the day after arrival from abroad.

Her many gifts promptly and generously made helped theSchool in times of need, and her unbounded optimism was aconstant inspiration to her fellow workers.

In adopting this resolution, we wish to record for all timethe admiration, appreciation, and love which we feel for this verydear friend of the Bellevue Training School, and to express toher family the heartfelt sympathy and sense of loss which eachone of us feels. Alice D. Osborn,

President

Dorothea Blagden,Vice President

Harriet Aldrich,Secretary

PrisciUvA S. Auchincxoss,Treasurer

To the Board of Managers of the Bellevue School of Nursing :Whereas, in view of the loss sustained by the Bellevue

School of Nursing by the passing of our friend, Mrs. WhitelawReid, and the still heavier loss sustained by her family and by theBoard of Managers, we, the Faculty and the Student Association,resolve

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That it is but a just tribute to express our appreciation ofher years of active and generous service to our school. We feelour loss the greater because of her personal interest in providingin so many unusual ways, opportunities for enriching the socialand spiritual life of the students.

That we appreciate the prestige which her distinguishedname and gracious personality have brought to our school, andthat out of the fullness and richness of her life she has shared soabundantly with us.

That these resolutions be transmitted to her family, and tothe Board of Managers, in token of our love and respect.

Marian Rottman,Principal of the School of Nursing

Meta Deininger,President, Student Association

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To the Board of Managers of the Bellevue School of Nursing :

RESOLUTIONApril 30th, 1931

In the passing of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, the Mills School has

suffered an irreparable loss. She was more than a friend to us.

In continuing the work started by her revered father, the late

Darius Ogden Mills, founder of the Mills School for Male

Nurses, she became as though one of us.

She was tireless in her interest in the school, her manybenefactions testify to her generosity. Our hearts are saddenedby her absence, her place will be hard to fill.

It Is Therefore Resolved: That we of the Mills Schoolrecord our profound sense of loss in our benefactor, Mrs.

Whitelaw Reid.

To her bereaved family we extend our sincere sympathy.

It Is Further Resolved: That a copy of this resolutionbe sent to her family.

Adrian Van Note,Superintendent of Mills School.

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BOARD OF MANAGERSof

Nursing Service—Bellevue, Harlem, Fordham andGouverneur Hospitals

OFFICERSPresident

Mrs. William Church Osborn40 East 36th Street

Vice-President Second Vice-PresidentMrs. Whitelaw Reid Mrs. Linzee Blagden451 Madison Avenue 129 East 36th Street

SecretaryMrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich

15 East 78th Street

Treasurer Assistant TreasurerMrs. J. Howeand Auchinceoss Mrs. Lansing Reed

67 East 91st Street 158 East 71st Street

BOARD OF MANAGERSDates of Expiration of Terms of Office.

February 1, 1932Mrs. Winthrop Aedrich Miss Mary T. BradleyMrs. Linzee Beagden Mrs. Archibald Douglas

Mrs. Alered Hess

February 1, 1933Mrs. J. Howland Auchinceoss Mrs. Edgar LeonardMrs. Blaine Beale Mrs. Lewis S. Morris

Mrs. Jose Ferrer

February 1, 1934Mrs. Alexander Lambert Mrs. Henry S. MorganMiss Blanche Potter Mrs. Warren Thorpe

Mrs. Lansing Reed

February 1, 1935Mrs. C. Grant LaFarge Miss Louise M. IselinMrs. Franklin C. Hoyt Mrs. Charles S. McCain

Miss Ruth Morgan

February 1, 1936Mrs. John Elliott Mrs. Whitelaw ReidMrs. John A. Hartwell Mrs. Tucker Bispham

Mrs. Harry Forsyth

February 1, 1937

Mrs. George S. Franklin Mrs. William Church OsbornMrs. Stafford McLean Mrs. William S. Rainsford

Mrs. Edwin Koehler

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HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETYMiss Anna Lusk Mrs. William M. PolkMrs. George B. McClellan Mrs. Francis M. Scott

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMrs. William Church Osborn PresidentMrs. Whiteeaw Reid First Vice-PresidentMrs. Linzee Blagden Second Vice-PresidentMrs. J. H. Auchinceoss TreasurerMrs. Winthrop W. Aedrich SecretaryMrs. Franklin C Hoyt Chairman—Harlem AuxiliaryMrs. Archibald Douglas Chairman—Fordham AuxiliaryMrs. Blaine Beale Chairman—Gouverneur AuxiliaryMiss Blanche Potter Chairman—Bellevue Committee on NursingMiss Ruth Morgan Chairman Social Service CommitteeMiss Louise Iselin Chairman House CommitteeMrs. Harry Forsyth Chairman—Social Welfare CommitteeMrs. Tucker Bispham Chairman—VolunteersMrs. Lewis Morris Chairman—Mills School CommitteeMrs. Alfred Hess Chairman—Registry Committee

STANDING COMMITTEESFINANCE COMMITTEEMrs. Blagden, Chairman

HOUSE COMMITTEEMiss Iselin, Chairman

Mrs. Forsyth Mrs. LambertMrs. Koehler Mrs. Morris

BELLEVUE COMMITTEE ON NURSINGMiss Potter, Chairman

Mrs. Beale Mrs. HoytMrs. Bispham Mrs. LaFargeMrs. Blagden Miss MorganMrs. Douglas Mrs. MorrisMrs. Hartweee. Mrs. Osborn

Miss Rottman

COMMITTEE ON PERSONNELMrs. Forsyth, Chairman

DISCIPLINE COMMITTEEMrs. Osborn, Chairman

Mrs. Blagden Miss Potter

NEW YORK CITY VISITING COMMITTEEMrs. LaFarge, Chairman

Mrs. Blagden Miss Potter

MILLS SCHOOLMrs. Reid, Honorary Chairman

Mrs. Morris, Chairman

COMMITTEE ON ALUMNAE AND BULLETINMrs. Hess Mrs. Osborn

WARD VISITINGMrs. Blagden

VOLUNTEERS COMMITTEEMrs. Tucker Bispham

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OFFICERS OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING1931

MARIAN E. ROTTMAN, B. S., R. N.Director of the Division of Nursing and Principal of School of Nursing

FLORENCE BACON, M. A., R. N.Superintendent of Nurses

ELIZABETH WHITMARSH, B. S.House Dean

BLANCHE EDWARDS, R. N.Director of Psychiatric Nursing

MAUD KELLEY, M. A., R. N.Director of Supervision and Clinical Instruction

ETHEL BACON, M. A., R. N.Director of Instruction

BLANCHE PFEFFERKORN, M. A., R. N.Director of Nursing Care Studies

ISABELLE JOHNSON, B. A., R. N.Director of Health Service

AMELIA MASSAPOUST, R. N.Director of Social Service

ANN GEARY, R. N.Director of Dispensary Nursing

BEATRICE H. WILLIAMS', M. A., R. N.Instructor in Sociology

THELMA RYAN, R. N.Instructor in Principles and Practice of Nursing

ETHELYN PETERSON, B. S., R. N.Instructor in Chemistry and Bacteriology

EDNA PLAMBECK, B. S., R. N.Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology

ANNA ZIEGLER, B. S., R. N.Instructor in Materia Medica and Psychology

ELIZABETH SCHWARTZ, B. S.Instructor in Foods and Nutrition

GERALDINE SMITH, M. A.Instructor in Physical Education

MARY HENNIGAN, R. N.Instructor in Principles and Practice of Massage

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EVALINA GRIFFIN, R. N.Assistant Instructor Principles and Practice of Nursing

MILDRED REED, M. A., R. N.Assistant Instructor in Anatomy and Physiology

EDWINA MacDOUGALL, B. S., R. N.Assistant Instructor in Chemistry and Bacteriology

FLORENCE ANNABELLE, R. N.Assistant in Health Service

MARY MERRITTInstructor in Occupational Therapy

MARGARET MAHONEY, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Pediatric Nursing

FRANCES WEST, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Neurological Nursing

LELA McGEE, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Psychiatric Nursing

MINNIE BIFFER, R. N.Supervisor of Operating Rooms

ADELAIDE SMITH, R. N.Instructor in Aseptic Technique

MAUD SINCLAIR, R. N.Instructor in Dispensary Nursing

MADELENE BOOKMILLER, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Obstetrical Nursing

RUTH SHERWOOD, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Tuberculosis Nursing

HELEN HOLOVIAK, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Eye Nursing

DOROTHY WEDDIGE, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Ear, Nose and Throat Nursing

FRANCES BRINK, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Medical Nursing

FLORENCE TALBOT, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Surgical Nursing

ANNA FLOOD, R. N.Instructor and Supervisor of Gynecological Nursing

MURMA WALLACE, B. S., R. N.Instructor in Nursery School Techniques

ELLA GLENDINNING, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Medical Nursing

LENA WILLEY, B. A., R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Medical Nursing

EDNA SCHROEDER, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Medical Nursing

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ESTHER KREPS, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Surgical Nursing

JOSEPHINE SHULL, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Surgical Nursing

GWENDOLYN KUNKLEMAN, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Pediatric Nursing

ETHEL SYKES, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Pediatric Nursing

AETHEA BODGES, R. N.Instructor and Assistant Supervisor of Pediatric Nursing

DOROTHY WILLIAMS, R. N.Assistant Supervisor of Obstetrics

EMMA CLARK, R. N.Assistant Supervisor of Obstetrics

ELSIE MacDONALD, R. N.Supervisor of Bellevue House

EMILY WEBBAssistant Supervisor of Bellevue House

MADELEINE MURRAY, R. N.Assistant in Office of School of Nursing

MARGARET PARKER, R. N.Night Supervisor of Bellevue House

EMMA GIBSON, R. N.Night Supervisor of Nursing

MARGARET McMINN, R. N.Assistant Night Supervisor of Nursing

ETTA MAHONEY, R. N.Assistant Night Supervisor of Nursing

EMILY MacDONALD, R. N.Assistant Night Supervisor of Nursing

HELEN SHELLENBERGER, R. N.Assistant Night Supervisor of Nursing

MARY ROBINSON, R. N.Assistant Night Supervisor of Nursing

CLARENCE E. de LA CHAPELLE, M. D.Physician to School

MARY McFADGENAssistant to Physician to School

MRS. H. WILSONDietitian of Bellevue House

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARYApril 1930-1931

I have the honor of presenting the Fifty-eighth AnnualReport of the Bellevue Training School for Nurses and the

Sixth Annual Report of the Nursing Service of Bellevue, Harlem,Fordham and Gouverneur Hospitals.

The Board of Managers is deeply grateful for the continuedcooperation of Commissioner Greefr", and also of Dr. Flemingin his new position as Departmental General Medical Superin-tendent. The latter's successors, Dr. Thornton, now assigned tothe Department as Assistant General Medical Superintendentand Dr. Jacobs, the present Superintendent of Bellevue Hospital,have continued this useful tradition of helpfulness and co-operation with the Board. Miss Rottman continues as Directorof Nursing Service and Principal of the School, while MissFlorence Bacon is Superintendent of Nurses and Miss MaudKelley is Director of Supervision.

Upon the recommendation of the Principal of the BellevueSchool the Board of Managers decided to finance a plan for thepurpose of studying the nursing service of Bellevue Hospital andthe educational program of the School of Nursing. MissBlanche Pfefferkorn, a nursing research worker, was engaged todirect the work. The project has taken the form of a compre-hensive and thorough program of nursing care to determine howmany nurses are needed to give adequate nursing care to a givennumber of patients. Time studies have been made in the medicalservice, and will be extended within the limits of the year's workto the surgical service. In negotiating this study the Board ofManagers has continued its history of blazing the trail in nursing,since Bellevue is the first school which has provided a worker forthe sole purpose of carrying on nursing research over a givenperiod.

Another new undertaking sponsored and financed entirely bythe Board of Managers through the generosity of one of itsmembers, Mrs. Edgar Leonard, is the new Nursery School inconnection with the Pediatric service. Bellevue Hospitalfurnishes the school room and play balcony, and the Board pro-vides the salary of the teacher and the special nursery schoolequipment. The Nursery School is unique in that all the childrenare ward patients. We are very fortunate in securing as teacherMiss Murma Wallace, a graduate nurse who has specialized inpediatrics and who, because of her interest in nursery school

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technique, took her degree in education, specializing in thisbranch. Having thus the viewpoint of the ward as well as of theschool, she has been able to assist the student nurse to adaptnursery school teachings to the solution of her ward problems.The nursery school takes convalescent children between the agesof two and six away from the wards where so much restraint isnecessary. The school has attracted wide interest. Visitors haveincluded fathers and mothers of patients, nursery school teachersfrom many states, and a few from abroad.

The student health service, with Miss Isabel Johnson asDirector, has been carried on and extended. Its results havestimulated such programs in other schools throughout the country.Through Miss Geraldine Smith, Physical Education Director, theBoard of Managers sponsors a program of physical educationwhich includes corrective gymnastics, dancing, swimming andtennis, and contributes to the recreational life of the school aswell as to the physical well being of the individual student, thusdeveloping a tolerance for the hours of strenuous duty required ina large city hospital.

The social and recreational work of the school is carriedentirely by the Board of Managers. The Board feels its respons-ibility in developing the student, not only vocationally but socially

and culturally as well. Miss Elizabeth Whitmarsh, House Dean,has guided and fostered the Student Association, which hasbecome an important factor in the life of the school.

The Personnel Committee has continued its indispensablework among the women employees of the Hospital.

With regret, the Board reports the resignation of Mrs.McCann and welcomes Mrs. Charles S. McCain as a new member,

The Edith Northcote Fund has again proved its usefulness,having been drawn on in part for the care of nurses with incipienttuberculosis. The Board has now decided to appoint a specialcommittee to administer this fund.

The ward visiting committee, so important and vital a partof the Board's work, has continued to function well under Mrs.

Blagden. The visitors have been a great support to the headnurses and supervisors during this very difficult season of unem-ployment, which has increased the overcrowding in the hospitalalmost beyond the limits of endurance.

The Board is glad of another opportunity to express its deepappreciation to all the faculty and school staff for their splendidwork this year, and to Miss Rottman for the inspiration which

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she gives to all who work with her toward the ultimate solutionof the problems of nursing care of the sick in the city's hospitals.

Respectfully submitted,

Harriet Aldrich, Secretary.

The great loss to the Bellevue and Mills Schools by thedeath of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid on April 29th, 1931, came toolate to be included in the reports as presented herewith.

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HARLEM HOSPITAL,

With increasingly crowded wards and out-patient service wemight have a discouraging report to make for Harlem Hospitalwere it not for the fact that the Department has done much inthe past few months to improve present working conditions forthe nurses and to provide more and better equipment for the careof patients.

The outlook for the future is infinitely brighter owing to theassurance that the fine new additions to Hospital and Nurses'Home will be completed in the course of the next two years.

The nurses have upheld their standard in theory and practice,and last year we graduated the 6th class in the school's history, afine group of twenty-three nurses.

A few positions for relief during the time that the wardshave been most congested were granted by the Department andthese nurses have helped especially in the Oxygen Chamber,where, regardless of whether there are one or more patients to becared for three nurses are required daily, each one being on aneight hour duty.

Mr. Dermody, the new Superintendent has been most helpfuland Mrs. O'Brien with her capable staff continues to "carry on"in the face of all difficulties.

The Committee has met twice each month and in conferencewith Mrs. O'Brien has discussed many questions and made plansfor Christmas and other parties, the graduating exercises and in asmall measure for the recreation of the nursing staff. In additionregular ward visits have been made which serve to keep aknowledge of the Hospital, its problems and accomplishmentsbefore the members of the Committee who take a genuine interestin the welfare and progress of the Institution.

Respectfully submitted,

Maud Rives Hoyt,Appointed as Visitor to

Harlem Hospital.

FORDHAM HOSPITAL

The year has brought, under Miss Manley's supervision, animprovement in nursing service, and in educational opportunitiesfor the student nurse, as well as an increased interest in staffeducation. A well planned health service has resulted in theimprovement in the health of student nurses.

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Social affairs in the form of dances and bridge parties havebeen enjoyed frequently during the year by student and graduatenurses.

The work of the Out Patient Department has been improvedin efficiency by the addition to the staff of a registrar and twograduate nurses.

The overcrowding of the new wards which were occupiedin order to facilitate the remodeling of the old wards, has notbeen relieved, as the old wards have been left unoccupied duringthe entire year.

There has been a decided increase in graduate nursingpersonnel during the last year.

GOUVERNEUR HOSPITAL

In spite of the increase in census during the past year the

usual high standard of nursing care and of housekeeping has beenkept constant.

The installation of sterilizers, the renovation of the nursery,and the reorganization of surgical supply closets are improve-ments that have facilitated the work during the year. Theseparation of the women's surgical and medical wards, which hadformerly been a combined service, has made possible greaterefficiency in the care of the patient and better nursing practice forthe students.

The School of Nursing office has been moved from itsformer cramped quarters to more adequate space.

We are looking forward to the proposed renovation of thehospital buildings which will provide diet kitchens on the topfloor to replace the present unsatisfactory basement kitchens.

It is gratifying to note that in the survey made by the statedepartment of education in January, the state representativerecorded an apparent progress in the development of the educa-tional program of this school.

Respectfully submitted,

Harriet Blaine BealE,

Appointed as Visitor,

Gouverneur Hospital.

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MILLS SCHOOL

The average enrollment in the school for the year has beenfifty-three, including Preliminary, Affiliating and Bellevuestudents.

The Commencement Exercises were held on the evening ofApril 8th, followed by the usual pleasant reception and dance.The graduating class numbered twelve.

We were happy to have Mr. Van Note return in September.Under his guidance has been initiated a health and recreationalprogram which undoubtedly will be of great benefit to thestudents.

We regret that nothing has been done to increase presentaccommodations, due to the proposed building plan for MillsSchool. The delay is a serious handicap to the work anddevelopment of the school.

Respectfully submitted,

Emily Coster Morris

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BEELEVUE SCHOOL OF NURSING ANNUAL, REPORTFOR THE YEAR 1930

To the Board of Managers of the Bellevue School of Nursing:

I have the honor of submitting the 58th annual report of theBellevue School of Nursing. With the steady progress of oldactivities and initiation of new ones the report tends to becomesomewhat voluminous. However the history of the School canbe recorded only in this way. The year 1930 has been amomentous one in our history and this report will be confined tonew developments and activities.

At a dinner given on March 27th of this year, at which weregathered together fifty business men and educators, ChancellorElmer Ellsworth Brown of New York University asserted that animportant part of the business of American universities is theprofessionalizing of all the major activities of American society.

Quoting Dr. Brown, "It is of the utmost consequence to ourdemocracy that not only medicine, law and the ministry shouldhave professional character but that the same professionalcharacter should extend to all of these great occupations by whichsociety is served and molded." The public health movementwhich has swept the country for the past fifteen or more years,has played an important part in the "serving and molding ofsociety." And what group of workers more than nurses hasassisted in that "serving and molding?"

An idea conceived by the founders of this school has, duringthe past year, been formulated into a plan and presented to theHonorable Commissioner of the Department of Hospitals, Dr.

J. G. Wm. Greeff, whereby nursing education in the schools ofthe Department will become professionalized through a universityaffiliation. The Bellevue School, with the other schools, is striv-ing to make this plan a realization and is looking forward to thatend. Obstacles will present themselves but there is a certain joyin overcoming them. Among the obstacles is the raising of ourendowment fund. But not even that will daunt us.

The Central SchoolThe Central School for preliminary7 students has been con-

tinued at Bellevue. Students from City, Cumberland, Metro-politan, Kings County, Bellevue and Mills Schools of nursinghave shared in centralized instruction in the sciences basic tonursing. During the year 296 preliminary students have beenenrolled. Essential to the success of this plan are careful selectionof students by each school and prompt elimination of studentswho do not measure up to the high standards set by the depart-

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ment. During the year two assistant science instructors wereadded to the staff. A new feature in classroom instruction is theuse of a moving picture machine and educational films.

It is hoped that a nursing education building will be providedby the department that we may have the necessary physicalfacilities and space to further strengthen and develop our courseof instruction.

Health Service

In 1926 the Health Service was established in the BellevueSchool of Nursing. It was the first attempt, so far as we know,to institute a definitely planned and organized preventive programin a nursing school. Since that time the service has expandedconsistently until it is one of the bulwarks of our school. Duringthe year the Health Service through close check and re-examinations detected two students with symptoms of incipienttuberculosis. Because of the early diagnosis and resultant treat-ment in sanataria both students have returned to us as arrestedcases. Without the Health Service these students would havecontinued the course, probably to completion, whereupon theywould have been found to be advanced cases. The importance ofthe diagnosis being made early has prompted an anti-tuberculosisprogram which includes routine chest X-Rays for all students onentrance to the school. The Tuberculin Test is also administered.This routine is repeated when the student enters upon her pro-gram of tuberculosis nursing, and again in three to six monthsafter leaving the service. Chest X-Ray examinations are madeat the time of the periodic health examination and the tuberculintest is repeated for all students who have previously had anegative reaction. This research is being directed by Dr. JamesAlexander Miller and his associate in Bellevue, Dr. James V.Amberson.

Typhoid immunization has long been a routine procedure forstudents and this year that service was extended to all head nursesand supervisors in the Medical Pavilion.

Post Graduate Courses

For many years so called post graduate courses have beenoffered by a number of hospitals, including Bellevue. No pre-requisites were required and nothing included in the course

beyond what the student nurse received. During this year

definite courses have been established on special wards where anexcellent advanced course in surgical nursing is being given.

These courses have been extended to the pediatric service with

success. Thirteen students completed the course in 1930 and

there are at present 27 post graduate students in the hospital.

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Definite standards of education and registration are required foradmission.

Increase In Nursing Staff

There has been a steady increase in the nursing staff, bothstudent and graduate. Fifty additional graduates were allowedin the 1931 budget, and the increase in the student group is dueto the great demand for affiliations in Medicine and Pediatricswith the Bellevue School. The economic depression has broughtan ever increasing census of patients in all city hospitals andparticularly in Bellevue. With the growing demands on ournurses we must consider again in our budget provision for anaddition to the staff.

Because of the necessary increase in personnel we have madeuse of every available dormitory in the community. I respect-fully urge the early erection of the proposed addition to ourresidence. Another problem which requires immediate consider-ation is our dining room facilities. We are serving in the nursesdining room of this school between eleven and twelve hundredpersons in space originally planned for three hundred and fifty.

Out Patient DepartmentIn January of this year was begun the transition of our

Out-Patient-Department to its new building. The change wasmade gradually and without the confusion so often attendant onsuch a gigantic task. The organization is rapidly assuming itsnormal smoothness although the attendance has increasedenormously.

The Out-Patient Department Budget allowed 36 graduatenurses to staff the clinics which occupy four floors.

In September the new educational program which has beenplanned for the students in this department will begin to function.For two years we have been preparing our students for this pro-gram. As planned, it constitutes a community health programincluding both public health and social sendee. Through theinterest and cooperation of the Convalescent Relief and SocialService Auxiliary of Bellevue Hospital a full time instructor hasbeen preparing our junior students for this service, as seniors.By courses in psychology and sociology we have been buildingbetter understanding of the social as well as the physical ills ofour patients. We expect our students as seniors to cooperate inour out-patient program in teaching prevention and health con-servation. Definite classes and demonstrations will be conductedby students under supervision, for patients of various clinics.The first clinic to be so organized will be pediatrics. Motherswill be taught how to care for their children, the recognition of

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premonitory symptoms, the principles of prevention and how toadapt the teachings of the clinic to the home situation. Studentswill make visits to the homes to see that this adaptation is madeand if necessary repeat the demonstration in the home. This isnot only in line with our responsibility of producing nurses whoare health teachers but we believe with our pediatricians that wewill be able both to lighten the heavy hospital census of infantsand children and also to demonstrate that convalescent childrendo better in the home than in the hospital. As rapidly as possiblethis program will be extended to all clinics where teaching can beeffective.

The: Nursery School,Bellevue has again been the pioneer in establishing a new

activity in the hospital for its little patients. It has the distinctionof being the only hospital which conducts a nursery school as anintegral part of the institution. The Board of Managers has beenresponsible for this development.

The pupils of the Nursery School are the children of thewards. The purposes of the nursery school, as we see them areto approximate in so far as his condition will permit, the environ-ment and activities of the sick child with that of well child. Inthe past an excellent bedside nurse had frequently failed utterlyin knowing how to deal with the convalescent or well child in thehome. The Nursery School provides a field as nearly as possiblelike an ideal home. The daily regime of the child is planned withthe thought always of his normal development, physical andmental. From the morning examination for any signs of acommunicable disease, and the morning orange juice and codliveroil to the indoor and outdoor play, diet and rest, the day runsalong smoothly.

Habit formation of the child in the nursery school is care-fully developed, and the student who has had this training isconscious of the need for teaching him correct habit formationand has the necessary technic at her command. That this pro-gram may be successfully carried out the principles of psychologyare consciously employed in each part of the day's regime. Whenthe children are asleep the nursery school teacher holds a con-ference with the students assigned to the nursery school con-cerning their observations and the reasons underlying the ap-parently simple and natural behavior of the children. The resultof this careful analysis is that the students gradually come toappreciate that the happy atmosphere of the nursery school ascompared with some of their own less successful ward efforts, isdue to the application of child psychology in what the teachersays and does. In this way the student nurse becomes familiar

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with the fundamental principles of child management which willhelp her in her care of children on the wards or later in the clinic,

and in their homes. Not only does the student profit by thisexperience but the parents are advised how to continue in thehome, the work begun in the Nursery School.

Nursing Care Time StudiesUpon the recommendation of the Principal of your school,

the Board of Managers financed a plan, the purpose of which wasto study the nursing service of the hospital and the educationalprogram of the school of nursing. This is probably the mostimportant and far reaching undertaking of the year. The workhas principally taken the form of nursing care time studies onthe Medical Service. While the main objective is to find out asnearly as possible the nursing hours required to give adequatenursing care to patients, incidental analyses have been madedealing with the ward activities of the student nurse, the nursingtechnics employed and the working conditions on the ward. It isobvious that the kind of nursing our patients receive bears a verydefinite relation to the number of nurses administering this care.Upon the completion of the study we shall have criteria basedupon a scientific collection of data for determining the nurse-patient ratio, in a way we have not had before. Not onlyBellevue but the nursing service of the entire department shouldprofit by this study. It would appear that a study so designedwould strike the very roots of nursing both with respect to thecare of the patient and the education of the student nurse. Inundertaking this program of providing a worker for the solepurpose of carrying on nursing research over a given period oftime, the Board of Managers has continued its history of leadingthe way.

Respectfully submitted,

Marian Rottman,

Director of the Division of Nursing.

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SUMMARY NURSING SERVICE ATBELLEVUE HOSPITAL

January 1st, 1930 to January 1st, 1931

Total Number of Nurses in School, December 31st, 1930.Graduate Nurses on duty 199Student Nurses on duty: Bellevue 152

Mills School 21Preliminary Students: Bellevue 64

Mills School 5Affiliating Students on duty: Bellevue 194

Mills School 20Post Graduate Students on duty 20Graduate Nurses in Psychopathic Division 100

Total 775

Graduate Nurse Staff:Total resignations during year 133

Total appointments during year 182

Total days illness during year 1,030Total days of absence during year 1,114Total days of vacation during year 3,529Transferred to other hospitals 5Dismissed 6

Student Nurse Staff:Total new students admitted 73Total resignations 9Total dismissed during year 7Total under suspension during year 0Total leaves of absence 6Total completed course 46Total dropped due to illness 0Total deaths during year 0Total days illness during year 1,893Total days absence during year 1,780Total days vacation during year 4,392

Affiliating Nurse Staff :Total new students admitted 269Total resignations during year 16Total dismissals during year 1Total completed course during year 234Total returned to home school ill 16Total days of illness 1,780

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Total days of absence 576

Transferred to other hospitals 0Deaths 2

Post Graduate Students :

Total new students admitted 24Total resignations during year 1

Total completed course during year 11Total days of illness during year 70Total days of absence during year 19

Total of School and Nursing Service :Total days of illness during year 4,773Total days of vacation during year 7,921Total days of absence during year 3,489Total deaths during year 3Total appointments during year 548Total transfers during year 5Total dismissals during year 14Total under suspension during year 0Total completed course during year 291

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BELLEVUE SCHOOL OF NURSINGGRADUATING EXERCISES

Wednesday, April 15th, 1931

PROGRAMME

Chairman—J. G. William Greeff, M.D.,Commissioner, Department of Hospitals.

Invocation

Reading of Annual Reports

Address to the Graduating Class

Henry Sloane Coffin, D.D.

President, Union Theological Seminary

Presentation of Diplomas

Awarding of Scholarships and Prizes

Benediction

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BELLEVUE SCHOOL OF NURSINGGRADUATING CLASS, 1931

Evelyn M. AndersonConnecticut

Florence E. P. AnnableMaine

Hazel M. BarbieriNew York

Hazel G. BarkleyOhio

Mary Ellyn BradfordTennessee

Maria Frances ButkusConnecticut

Anne CahillMassachusetts

Beatrice CarlPennsylvania

Helena M. CollinsMassachusetts

Mildred L. ConnollyNew York

A. Maud CrowlNew Jersey

Meta Louise DeiningerNew Jersey

Agnes h. DillsonPennsylvania

M. Elizabeth DuryeaNew York

Eliza Gwendolyn EwingTurks Island, B. W. I.

Freda R. FichterPennsylvania

Martha E. FichterPennsylvania

Helen Lois FieldConnecticut

Eleanor R. FultonRhode Island

Annie Eliza GilesVirginia

Gwen GrahamPennsylvania

M. Katherine GroveColorado

Jane HaireMassachusetts

Joanna A. HearneNew York

Helen E. HinklinOhio

Ethel R. HoffmanNew Jersey

Aline HolderequeSwitzerland

Maryan E. HosfordMichigan

Nannie C. HowardMassachusetts

Rose Elizabeth HynesNew York

Ethel Barbara JurashConnecticut

Charlotte Ruth KeithMassachusetts

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Cleola E. LakeNew York

L. Virginia EangWest Virginia

Margaret Irene L,assiterVirginia

ARUNE D. LrAUFFENBERGERNew Hampshire

MAYBELLE L,. hORDMaine

Dorothy MartinNew York

Mary Veronica McCarthyRhode Island

Edna J. MeiselPennsylvania

Eunice MoreyConnecticut

Helen A. MorrisNew York

Helena Marie OakMassachusetts

Jenny PetryPennsylvania

Dorothy M. QuinnPennsylvania

Mildred May ReedNew York

Muriel H. ReedMaine

Loretta ReynoldsConnecticut

Freda RussellFlorida

Katherine RussoNew York

Georgianna M. RyanNew York

Catherine G. SchellhammerNew York

Magdalena Alice SchmitzerNew York

Anne E. SedgwickNova Scotia

Mary T. SheaMassachusetts

Kathleen B. SimmonsMaine

Regina Allen SmithIowa

Antoinette B. WajdykPennsylvania

Margaret Bell WeningOhio

Josephine Alice WilsonMassachusetts

Esther L,. WolfePennsylvania

Anna B. ZemaitisPennsylvania

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AWARDS1. In 1912 Miss Lavinia L. Dock, Class of 1886, established

a scholarship prize which is awarded each year to the studentattaining the highest scholastic record. The prize consists offour volumes of Nutting and Dock's History of Nursing. Theaward goes to Meta Deininger.

The following receive Honorable Mention

:

Mildred ReedAline HolderequeVirginia LangFreda Russell

Martha FichterEsther WolfeFlorence AnnableLoretta Reynolds

Annie Giles

2. In 1929 Mr. Henry Lambert a friend of the BellevueSchool established the Lambert Prizes for Bedside Nursing.Fifty dollars in gold is awarded to each, Aline Holdereque andAnnie Giles.

Honorable mention goes to

:

Meta Deinixger—for her poise, her sense of responsibilityand loyalty.

Margaret Wexixg—for her dependability and conscienti-ousness.

Edna Meisel—for her enthusiasm and unusual progress innursing.

3. Two scholarships of the value of $500.00 each have beenestablished by the Board of Managers. These are awarded eachyear at Graduation to the students, the quality of whose work hasbeen of the highest excellence and who desire to pursue PostGraduate work in the hospital for the purpose of specializing inadministrative work, or who wish to pursue Post Graduate studyin Nursing Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.This year the honor goes to Meta Deinixger and LorettaReynolds.

4. Two prizes of $25.00 each were established by the will ofMrs. William Preston Griffin, for many years President of theBoard of Managers, and are awarded each year at the discretion

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of the Principal of the School of Nursing and her staff, to thesecond year students who have shown the highest proficiency inbedside nursing. The prizes are awarded to Marguerite;Spangenberg and Edna Witham.

Honorable Mention goes to

:

Ann Lomasney—for her unusual interest in nursing, kind-ness to patients, and splendid cooperation with her co-workers.

Esther Hilton—for her poise, her friendliness, and dignity.Nellie Hinkun—for her radiant personality, cheerful

spirit, and helpful attitude toward everyone.

Susie Swoncara—for her quick, kindly and continuouseffort to carry out direction, as taught, even in stress of the moststrenuous or crowded conditions.

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HARLEM HOSPITALTo the Board of Managers, Dr. Greeff, Commissioner of the

Department of Hospitals, Miss Rottman, Director, Division of

Nursing, Dr. Fleming, Departmental General Medical Superin-

tendent and Friends of the Harlem School of Nursing.

Tonight we celebrate the occasion of the seventh graduationof the Harlem School of Nursing. I have the honor of present-ing for graduation this class of twenty-seven, which makes thegraduates of this school now number 182.

The hospital has been unusually busy during the past months,the daily census having exceeded that of any previous year. Inspite of these unprecedented demands the high standard of nurs-ing care has remained constant.

The Out-Patient Department has increased in its activitiesuntil the daily average is now 500 patients. Student nursesreceive a very valuable part of their nursing practice in thisdepartment, where, perhaps more than in any other service, thefinest kind of cooperation, and adjustment to varying situations,is called forth.

A valuable addition to our course of instruction is theaffiliation for Tuberculosis nursing at Sea View Hospital.Students from the Harlem and Lincoln Schools of Nursing sinceSeptember first of 1930 have been admitted to this affiliation ingroups of fifteen.

A well planned course of instruction and supervision iscarried out in giving the student theory and practice in the nurs-ing care of tuberculosis patients. The preventive aspects receivegreat emphasis during the course. We feel that this experienceis invaluable to our students in preparing them for their twofoldactivities as nurses and teachers of health.

The centralization of instruction in the sciences basic tonursing was initiated this year, with the February class of Harlemand Lincoln preliminary students. We are grateful for thesplendid physical facilities of the Lincoln School which havebeen shared with our students. By combining the instruction inthe sciences, it has been possible for both schools to fully meetthe educational requirements of the Division of Nursing of theDepartment, without employing additional instructors. One ofthe finest by-products of the central school is the esprit de corpsdeveloped among the students of the two schools.

On February first Miss Henrietta Forrest, class of 1925,Harlem School of Nursing, who for the past two years has

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assisted with the teaching of the principles and practice of nurs-ing, took over the entire practical nursing program. MissBernadette Moore, the former practical nursing instructor, isassisting with the work of the School.

The recreational program has been continued under thedirection of Miss Alma Vessells, class of 1929. The extra-curricular activities include a Glee Club, Basket-ball team, Librarynight, Hiking Club, Dancing Club, activities at the HarlemY. W. C. A., and the publication of a monthly bulletin.

A very fine spirit has been promoted in the school by theorganization of a Students' Association in which all studentgroups are represented. We are looking forward to the furtherdevelopment and enlargement of the activities of the Association.

The ward teaching program on the Pediatric service has beenfacilitated by the equipment of a small class-room near one of thewards. It would be desirable to have a similar class-room foreach service.

Weekly conferences of head nurses and supervisors havedone much to develop the staff education program.

The Board of Managers have continued their active interestand generous assistance, for which we are very grateful.

To Miss Rottman, Director of the Division of Nursing, weexpress our appreciation for her inspiring leadership and broadvision which are invaluable to our school, as well as to everyschool in the Department.

To Dr. Fleming we owe our appreciation for his kind under-standing in helping us meet our problems.

Our Superintendent, Mr. Dermody, has proved himself areal friend to the school and I wish to express to him our deepappreciation of all that he has done during the past year.

The Visiting Staff and House Staff have given graciously oftheir time in the care of sick nurses.

The graduate staff and the student body are worthy of ouradmiration and praise for the splendid spirit with which they havecarried on in the face of difficulties. I appreciate the loyaltywhich they have shown.

My wish for the graduating class is that they may be worthyof their profession and bring honor to the Harlem School ofNursing.

Respectfully submitted,

Sadie J. O'Brien,

Superintendent of Nurses.

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AWARDSThe Alumnae Association of the Harlem School of Nursing

has established a One Hundred Dollar scholarship for TeachersCollege, Columbia University, to be awarded to the student at-taining the highest average in the theory and practice of nursing.

The student having the highest average is

:

Margaret T. Dudley

Honorable Mention

Ruth Bryan

Mae Adams BlackMary CovingtonMarjorie Johnson

Ethel Rhodes

The John F. Connors prize presented by Dr. John F.Connors, President of the Medical Board of Harlem Hospital,is given to the student most efficient in bedside nursing. Thehonor and twenty-five dollars in gold goes to

:

Mae Adams Black

Honorable Mention

Margaret Dudley

Lillian Forrest

Marjorie Johnson

Ruth Bryan

Naomi Fears

The second prize, a four volume set of History of NursingBooks is awarded to

:

Hazel Ogle

A friend of the school who wishes to remain unknownestablished last year a prize for the student attaining the highest

average in the theory and practice of Nursing. The honor andtwenty-five dollars in gold goes to

:

Margaret Dudley

Honorable Mention

Ruth Bryan

Mary CovingtonMae Adams BlackMarjorie Johnson

Ethel Rhodes

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REPORT FOR MILLS' SCHOOL1931

To the Board of Managers

:

Tonight the Mills School of Nursing graduates its fortiethclass. The fact that the class numbers only twelve is evidenceof a careful selection of students and the maintenance of highstandards of workmanship.

The recent report of the Grading Committee for NursingSchools places the curriculum and the quality of instructionabove the average for the nursing schools of the United States.

During the year 1930 the course of study of the Mills School,has been extended from two years six months to three years.The additional six months will be devoted to a course in com-municable disease at the Willard Parker Hospital and to aprogram of Community Health through the Out Patient Depart-ment at Bellevue Hospital. This will mean better preparationfor the men going into industrial welfare work where they are insuch demand.

Mr. Adrian Van Note who succeeded Mr. Jones as Superin-tendent in the Mills School, returned to duty September 1930,from an extended leave of absence. The re-organization of theSchool was effected at that time and Mr. Van Note becameresponsible for the health program and social life of the MillsSchool students.

A growing Health Service has been established with Dr.Frank Berry of the First Surgical Division of Bellevue Hospitalas Health Advisor and Physician. The function of the HealthService is not only remedial but preventive principles are stressed

in all of its applications. Health examinations on admission andannual, or more frequent re-examinations when indicated, keepthe students in the best possible physical fitness. This service isresponsible for a definite course in health education as applied

to the daily life of the student.

The lack of space for athletics and sports has been a handi-cap to the program, but the school is grateful for the privilege ofsharing one of the tennis courts of Bellevue Hospital with theHouse Staff.

Membership in the Y. M. C. A. is encouraged for ourstudents which with the facilities of more and better social con-tacts and the privilege of the gymnasium, promotes our objectives.

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With the opening of the new Out Patient Department theneed for graduate men nurses has prompted a request for addi-tional non-maintenance positions, because of our limited residencecapacity. The completion of the new psychiatric pavilion willprovide residence facilities for forty-five men nurses. This willliberate fourteen rooms now occupied in the Mills School forstudents and the expansion of our health service.

Miss Ruth Pentland continues as hostess in the Mills Schooland is responsible for the homey atmosphere and many comforts.

Mrs. Whitelaw Reid continues her interest which is evincedin many tangible ways. Her latest gift to the school is a movingpicture machine which contributes both to the recreational andinstructional programs.

Mrs. Lewis Morris of the Board of Managers has served aschairman of the Mills School committee during the year. TheSchool wishes to acknowledge Airs. Morris' keen interest in all ofits affairs and is sorry she cannot be present at tonight's exercises.

To the Board of Managers and especially to Mrs. Reid theSchool owes its high standing among other schools of its kind.

Respectfully submitted,

Marian Rottman,Director Division of Nursing.

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BY-LAWSof

The Schools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals

Adopted by the Board of Trustees at the Meeting of December

31, 1924

* See note

1. The Schools for Nursing shall be conducted at Bellevue

Hospital, and at Harlem Hospital, and at Fordham Hospital, andat Gouverneur Hospital, as soon as conditions at these two latter

hospitals will permit.

2. The School at each Hospital shall be under the directionand management of the Board of Managers of the Schools forNursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, subject to the approval

of the Board of Trustees. These several schools shall be knownas the Schools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals.

3. Appointments to the major executive and educational posi-

tions in the several schools shall be made by the Board of Man-

agers of the Schools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hos-

pitals, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.

4. Dismissals of those holding major executive and educa-

tional positions in the several schools shall be made by the Boardof Managers of the Schools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied

Hospitals, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.

5. The conduct and management of the Schools by the Board

of Managers of the Schools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied

Hospitals may be terminated by either party six months afternotice is given to that effect.

* Note—Subject to an amendment to the Greater New York Charter in 1928, a Depart-ment of Hospitals was created. Clause 692g, Training schools for Nurses readsin part.

"A training school for nurses heretofore established in connection with any hospitalsubject to the jurisdiction of the department is continued ; and any contractheretofore made by the board of trustees of Bellevue and Allied hospitals for theoccupation and use of any building or buildings as a training school for nursesshall be carried out according to its terms, by the department of hospitalsestablished by thi3 title."

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RESOLUTION GOVERNING THE RELATIONS OF THEBOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE SCHOOLS OFNURSING WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESOF BELLEVUE AND ALLIED HOSPITALS

Adopted by the Board of Trustees of Bellevue and Allied

Hospitals at the Meeting December 31, 1924

Resolved, That Schools for Nursing be established by theBoard of Trustees in Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, City of NewYork, to be known as the Schools for Nursing of Bellevue andAllied Hospitals, under the direction and control of the Board ofTrustees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals.

That the Board of Managers of the Schools for Nursing ofBellevue and Allied Hospitals be composed of the present Boardof Managers of the Bellevue Training School for Nurses.

That the Board of Managers of the Schools for Nursing ofBellevue and Allied Hospitals shall consist of the thirty membersof the Board of Managers of the present Bellevue TrainingSchool for Nurses.

That the members of the Board of Managers of the Schoolsfor Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals shall be appointedfor a period of six years, the terms of five to expire each year.

That the present members of the Board of Managers of theBellevue Training School for Nurses serve the terms for whichthey have been appointed as Managers of the Bellevue TrainingSchool for Nurses, as members of the Board of Managers of theSchools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals.

That the group of five members of the Board of Managers ofthe Bellevue Training School for Nurses whose terms expireFebruary 1, 1925, be filled by appointment by the Board of Trus-tees of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals on or before February 1,1925, from a list of names to be submitted by the present Boardof Managers of the Bellevue Training School for Nurses on orbefore January 15, 1925.

That vacancies that occur in the Board of Managers of theSchools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals shall befilled by appointment by the Board of Trustees of Bellevue andAllied Hospitals on or before February 1st of each year, from alist of names to be submitted by the Board of Managers of theSchools for Nursing of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, on orbefore January 15th of each year.

That in the event of a position in the Board of Managers be-coming vacant before the expiration of the term of any member,the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Trustees of Bellevueand Allied Hospitals from a list of names submitted by the Boardof Managers of the Schools for Nursing of Bellevue and AlliedHospitals.

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RULES GOVERNING THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OFTHE SCHOOLS FOR NURSING

Adopted by the Board of Managers of the Schools for Nursing of

Bellevue and Allied Hospitals 1925

I. MembershipMembers shall be appointed for a period of six years, the

terms of five to expire each year, as per the Resolution of theBoard of Trustees, December 31, 1924, and shall serve withoutcompensation.

II. Officers and Duties of OfficersThe Officers, and the duties of Officers, shall be the same as

those provided for in the By-laws of the Board of Managers ofthe Bellevue Training School for Nurses, sections V, VII, VIII,IX, X, XL *

III. MeetingsThe Board of Managers shall hold meetings at the Nurses'

Residence on the first and third Fridays of each month, exceptduring June, July, August, and September ; and such other meet-ings as the President may call, or as may be called on the writtenrequest of three members of the Board. Five members shall con-stitute a quorum.

IV. ReportsThe Board of Managers shall make an annual report to the

Board of Trustees, and shall send the Trustees a copy of the Min-utes of their regular meetings.

V. CommitteesThere shall be the following Committees, and such others as

shall be created by the Board from time to time:Executive Committee,Ward Visiting Committee for Bellevue,House Committee for Bellevue,Committee on Personnel Work for Bellevue,Committee on the Mills School,Harlem Hospital Committee,Fordham Hospital Committee,Gouverneur Hospital Committee.

VI. AmendmentsThese Rules may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the

members present at any regular meeting, due notice having beengiven in writing to all members. Any amendment to these Rulesmust be sent to the Board of Trustees.* See Constitution and By-laws, page 40.

Fifty-Eighth Annual Report

OF THE

IteUetw? ©raining §>rlfmil

for NnrB*0

PRESENTED TO THE

DEPARTMENT OF HOSPITALSNEW YORK CITY

MAY, 1931

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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATIONThe Training School for Nurses

The undersigned citizens of the State of New York and of theUnited States of America, all being of full age, desire to form a

charitable society under the Act of the Legislature of the State of

New York, passed in the year 1848, entitled, "An Act for the in-corporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific and missionary

societies," and the acts amendatory thereof, do make and file this

certificate :

Article I. The name by which this society shall be knownis "The Training School for Nurses."

Article II. The object of this society is the training ofnurses for the sick in order that women shallfind a school for their education and the public

shall reap the advantage of skilled and edu-

cated labor.

Article III. The number of directors of this society shallbe ten, who shall be for the first year Mrs. W.H. Osborn, Mrs. Robert Woodworth, Mrs.

William Preston Griffin, Mrs. Lucius Tucker-

man, Miss A. H. Woolsey, Miss Ellen Collins,

Miss Julia Gould, Mr. Henry G. Stebbins,Mr. Chandler Robbins, Dr. W. G. Wylie.

Article IV. The principal place of business of this societyshall be in the City and County of New York.

Dated, New York, February 2, 1874.

Elizabeth C. Hobson, President,

Virginia R. Osborn,

Alline P. Woodworth,

Abby Howland Woolsey,

Eliza Wolcott Tuckerman.

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State of New YorkCity and County of New York

On this second day of February, 1874, before me personallyappeared Elizabeth C. Hobson, President; Virginia R. Osborn,

Alline P. Woodworth, Abby Howland Woolsey, and Eliza Wol-

cott Tuckerman, five of the above named incorporators, to me

known to be the same persons described in and who executed the

foregoing certificate, and severally acknowledged to me that they

executed the same.

S. B. Goodale,

Notary Public (23),

New York County,

(Seal)

Filed May 9, 1874.

State of New YorkCity and County of New York

I, William J. McKenna, clerk of the said City and County, andclerk of the Supreme Court of said State for said County, do cer-

tify that I have compared the preceding with the original certificate

of incorporation of The Training School for Nurses, filed May 9,1874, on file in my office, and that the same is a correct transcripttherefrom, and the whole of such original. In witness whereof,

I have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed my seal this 7thday of March, 1892.

Wm. J. McKenna, Clerk.

By order of Court, name changed to

THE BELLEVUE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES

April 14, 1903.

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CONSTITUTION and BY-LAWSof the

BELLEVUE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES

Article I.

The name by which this Society shall be known is The BellevueTraining School for Nurses.

Article II.

The object of this Society is the training of nurses for the sickin order that women shall find a school for their education and thepublic shall reap the advantage of skilled and educated labor.

BY-LAWSI. Membership.

The Society shall consist of Honorary and Active and Sup-porting Members.

Honorary Members shall be elected by the Board of Managersfor valuable aid or important service rendered to the School.

Active Members shall be those who serve on the Board ofManagers.

Supporting Members shall be those who make an annual sub-scription.

II. Board of Managers.

The Board of Managers shall be the same persons as thoseappointed to the Board of Managers of the Schools for Nursing

of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals.

No member of the Board of Managers shall receive any com-pensation for services rendered.

III. Reports.

The Board of Managers shall keep Minutes of its meetings andshall make an Annual Report to the Committee of Hospitals.

IV. Meetings.

The Board of Managers of the Bellevue Training Schoolfor Nurses shall hold an Annual Meeting in March or Apriland such other meetings as may be called by the President.Five members shall constitute a quorum.

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V. Officers.

The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice-

President, a Second Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer

and an Assistant Treasurer. They shall be elected annually

by a two-thirds vote by ballot of the Board of Managers, from

among its members, with the exception of the Treasurer, whoneed not be a member of the Board of Managers. In case ofthe death or resignation of an officer, a successor for the re-

mainder of the year may be elected by a two-thirds vote byballot of the Board of Managers at any regular or special meet-

ing of the Board, two weeks notice in writing having been given

by the President or the Secretary.

VI. Nominating Committee.

There shall be a Nominating Committee for officers, consisting

of three members of the Board of Managers, named by the Presi-dent, who shall prepare and submit a ticket annually to the Board.This ticket must be submitted in writing to each member twoweeks before the annual meeting of the Board of Managers.

VII. President.

The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board ofManagers, and shall call special meetings at her discretion, or

upon the written request of three members of the Board. The

President shall appoint all special and sub-committees.

VIII. Vice-President.

The Vice-president shall, in the absence of the President, per-form the duties of the President.

IX. Secretary.

The Secretary shall perform the duties usually appertaining tothis office.

X. Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall keep all the accounts of the Board ofManagers and render a monthly statement. An Assistant Treas-urer may be appointed by the Board of Managers when foundnecessary.

XI. By-Laws.

These By-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote at theannual meeting of the Society, due notice being given in writing.

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MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERSANNUAL, MEETING

The Annual Meeting of the Board of Managers of the

Incorporated Society of the Bellevue Training School for Nurses

was held on Friday, April 17, 1931 at 10:30 A. M., at the

Bellevue Nurses' Residence, 440 East 26th Street, New YorkCity, N. Y.

Present : Mrs. Osborn in the Chair.

Mrs. Auchincloss Mrs. Koehler

Miss Iselin Mrs. Thorpe

Mrs. Hoyt Mrs. Lambert

Miss Potter Mrs. Forsyth

Mrs. McLean Mrs. LaFargeMrs. Blagden Mrs. Aldrich

The minutes of the last annual meeting were read and ap-proved with the correction of the title of the Incorporated Society.

The Vice-President having appointed a Nominating Com-

mittee, the Chairman Miss Iselin, read their report as follows

:

President Mrs. Osborn

First Vice President Mrs. Whitelaw Reid

Second Vice President Mrs. Blagden

Secretary Mrs. Aldrich

Treasurer Mrs. Auchincloss

Assistant Treasurer Mrs. Forsyth

On motion duly proposed and seconded, the Secretary wasinstructed to cast one ballot for the entire ticket.

The Treasurer's Report as appended was accepted andordered filed.

It was moved, seconded and carried that the lease of Osborn

Hall for $1.00 a year to the Alumnae Association be renewed forone year.

On motion duly seconded the Annual Meeting was ad-journed.

Respectfully submitted,

Harriet Aldrich,Secretary.

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PROPERTY OF BELLEVUE TRAINING SCHOOLFOR NURSES

Mary deWitt Cuyler Fund $26,500Income used for sick nurses.

Edith Northcot Fund $16,500Income used for convalescent care of Nurses.

Mrs. Wm. Preston Griffin Fund

:

Legacy of $1,000.

Income used for prizes.

Unrestricted

:

Invested funds, stocks and bonds amounting to $79,700

Income used for general expenses.

REAL ESTATE

Oshorn Hall—A six-story building with a frontage of 110feet on 26th and 125 feet on 25th Street and a vacant lot adjoin-

ing 100 feet deep and 25 feet wide fronting 25th Street.

The building is used by the Alumnae Association for a ClubHouse. It accommodates approximately 185 guests, besides an

Assembly Hall, Reception Rooms, Office, the Alumnae Registryand Osborn Hall Store.

The Annex—An eight-story building with a 50 foot frontageon 26th Street, 100 feet deep, accommodates 82 guests and is at

present rented to the city to house graduate nurses.

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Mrs. Prisciu,a S. Auchincxoss, Treasurer,

The Bellevue Training School for Nurses, Inc.,440 East 26th Street,

New York, N. Y.

Dear Madam

:

Pursuant to engagement, I have made an audit of the cashreceipts and disbursements covering income and expenses of

The Bellevue Training School for Nurses, Inc.for the year ended December 31, 1930 and present herewith the

following statement, preceded by my Comments:

Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the year

ended December 31, 1930.

Very truly yours,

Frederick Fisher. Jr.

New York, N. Y.January 14, 1931.

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THE BELLEVUE TRAINING SCHOOLFOR NURSES, Inc.

COMMENTSAll receipts recorded on the cash book were traced to deposit

in bank. All paid checks with the exception of those outstanding

at the close of the year were audited.

In accordance with your instructions, I have shown on theaccompanying statement $8,000.00 as set aside as a Reserve Fundfor repairs, etc. of Osborn Hall Annex.

The attached statement shows a deficit in the General Fundcash at the close of the year amounting to $399.01, computed asfollows

:

Balance, December 31, 1929 $ 1,349.19Total General Fund Receipts year 1930 30,645.34

$31,994.53Total General Fund Disbursements year 1930. . 32,393.54

Excess of disbursements for year 1930 399.01The records show the following balances on advances made

for the Tuberculosis Auxiliary, Pediatric Committee, andPersonnel Committee:

Tuberculosis Auxiliary :Balance account of advances, December 31, 1929.$ 431.47Advances year 1930 428.75

$ 860.22Refunds received year 1930 594.50

Balance account of advances, December 31, 1930.$ 265.72Pediatric Committee:

Balance account of advances, December 31, 1929.$ 71.80Advances year 1930 1,803.38

Balance account of advances, December 31, 1930. $1,875.18Personnel Committee:

Balance account of advances, December 31, 1929.$ 653.82Advances year 1930 840.00

$1,493.82Refunds received year 1930 80.00

Balance account of advances, December 31, 1930. $1,413.82

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REPORT OF THE ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OFTHE BELLEVUE TRAINING SCHOOL FOR

NURSES, 1930-1931

Regular monthly meetings have been held from September1930 to May 1931 inclusive. The program Committee providedspeakers and demonstrations for meetings. These were of aneducational value and much enjoyed by the members.

The annual reception for the graduation class was held atthe American Woman's Club on Thursday evening, April 24th.

One delegate was sent to the Biennial Convention in June1930 at Milwaukee, Wis. and one delegate to the New York StateNurses' Convention at Syracuse in October 1930.

The Sick Visiting Committee has visited sick members andsent fruit, flowers and magazines to them.

The Bulletin Committee has been active and endeavored toprovide the members with news.

The Chairman of the American Red Cross Committee tookcare of the Annual Roll Call.

The following report on benevolent funds

:

Mary DeWitt Cuyler Fund, 81 days nursing care.

Sick Fund, benefits given to 32 members.

Jane A. Delano Fund and Ketaltas Fund, $555.00 given tosick and needy nurses.

Pension Fund, 93 Members are drawing pensions from thisfund.

Carrie J. Brink Scholarship Fund, was not used during thepast year.

To Sick Fund, proceeds from benefit dance $94.00.

To Pension Fund, proceeds from benefit dance $70.00.

To Fund for Endowment Bed Neurological Hospital $88.00.

To Committee Grading Schools $200.00.

To National Red Cross $50.00, special appeal for relief.

To Jane A. Delano Post $25.00 for Memorial Window forMiss Delano.

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e regret to report the death of the following members

:

Miss Cora Carpenter class 75

Miss Emma Clay " 78Dr. Lucy A. Bannister " '89

Miss May L. Love " '91

Miss Marie Van Allen 44 '91

Miss Carlotte Carey " '94

Miss Margaret McGroarty " '98

Mrs. Jessica H. Bradley " '02

Miss Hedwig Werdelin " '14

Miss Margaret L. Campbell " '21

Miss Minnie McLennan " '25

Miss Rottman has been Chairman of the Membership Com-mittee. Fifty new members have been added with several rein-statements. Total membership 774.

Respectfully submitted,

Winifred Noon,

President.

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REGISTRY REPORT1930-1931

We have the honor to present the Annual Report of theRegistry of the Alumnae Association of the Bellevue TrainingSchool for Nurses.

The calls for private duty nurses for the year were asfollows

—

Physicians 1246

Bellevue Hospital 2125

Other Hospitals 309

Hourly Nursing 62

Clinic and Office 22

Camps 7Institution 169

Outside Nurses called 157

Total 4097

Notwithstanding the unemployment situation in other fields,

we are pleased to note a slight increase in calls over those of lastyear. The nurses who do special duty nursing in hospitals andsanitariums, have been busy throughout the season, while on the

other hand, the present economic depression has caused a great

deal of anxiety to those who do private duty nursing in thehomes exclusively. The tendency seems to be towards hospital-ization of the patient, rather than home care.

The number of registrants on the registry is constantly

changing; the majority of those who leave return to institutionwork.

We are sorry to report the death of two of our members.Miss Margaret L,. Campbell, '21, and Miss Minnie MacLennon,

class of 1925.

We have maintained throughout the year a daily average of230 members.

Respectfully submitted,

Margaret E. Gallery, R. N.Registrar.

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LIST OF GRADUATES FROM 1875 TO 19301875

Buck, Lucretta.Carpenter, Cora.Fonerden, Mary.Lewis, Eliza.Von Vredenburg, Mrs.Williams, Mary.

1876Bestow, M. Augusta, Coolville, Ohio.Brady, M. (Mrs. Cummings).Brennan, Annie.Davis, A. C.Deming, Jennie.Gray, Sarah.Jordan, Maria.Luce, Lizzie.Miller, Katie.Reid, Mrs. E. R.Root, Frances F. (Mrs. Ch. Duffy.)Trott, Verna, (Mrs. Quante).Youngs, Emily.

1877Crandall, C. C, (Mrs. B. A. Conard).Fowler, Fannie, (Mrs. Arnold), San Luis Obispo, Cal.Gosling, C. M.HlBBARD, VlOLETTA.Kerr, Mary.Mackey, Marie.Morse, Mrs. Hester.Rich, Kate, Brandon, Vt.Sangster, Jane E.Schultz, Elvira.West Sarah "M.West, Susan, 426 E. 26th St., New York City.

1878Andrews, A. E.Belt, R. G.Brown, Eliza Watson.Brown, M. E. (M.D.), (Mrs. Dewey), Los Angeles, Cal.

R. D. 13, Box 176.Burgess, Lillie, (Mrs. Decker).Callan, Guadeloupe, Washington, D. C, 3043 P. Street, N. W.Clarke, Mary S.Clay, Emma.Croxall, Catherine, 49 E. 73rd St., New York City.Dunn, Emily, Worcester, Mass.Foster, E. A., (Mrs. Simmons), California.Guillam, Mary R.Hager, Emma J.Jagger, Mary S.LaBorde, Sophia.McNutt, Julia (M.D.).

Deceased.

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Mawson, Mrs.Morton, Jean.Odell, Annie S.Perry, Maria (M.D.).Porter, Eliza A. C, 240 Elm St., Northampton, Mass.Post, Sarah (M.D.).Reilly, Mrs. (Airs. Wales).Shaw, Marion.Van Duesen, Mandana, 503 Downer Ave., Milwaukee, Wis.Wilbur, Carolina A.

1879Angell, J. J., 219 Fremont St., Peekskill, N. Y.Benedict, Effie R.Boggs, Mary R.Bowie, R. A.Bradley, Ellen B. (R.N.).Burnop, Elizabeth.Church, E. L.Coard, Mrs. J. A.Harman, J. N.HiNCLiFFE, Mary E.Johnson, K. J.Knight, M. E., (Mrs. Barnard).Langevin, Leah, (Mrs. Brown).Lee, Mrs. C. W., Baptistown, N. J.Lilier, Mrs. Carrie R. S.Meddaugh, Mrs., Morristown, N. J.Meikle, Mary, Jericho, Vt.Merchant, Sophie.Miner, Mary A.Pine, Alice, New York, N. Y.Price, R. M.Root, Sarah E.Saddington, Eleanor, Central Islip, Long Island.Shuwalter, Ella (Mrs. Kleever), Kansas City, Mo.Smith, Mrs. S. E.Turner, Mrs. Mary.Vernois, T. M.White, Amelia.Wickham, Adelaide, (Mrs. Burt).Yancey, Jeannie (Mrs. Harris).

1880Aldrich, F. A.Bishop, Mrs., (Mrs. Baker), Worcester, Mass.Bowe, Mrs. A.Clarkson, S. F.Coxhead, Anna R. (Mrs. Northrop), Edgewater, N. J.DlFFENDORF, MARY.Etter, Mary E.Fullman, Mrs. (M.D.)Hanchett, J. S. (M.D.)Hart, R. S.Hemple, Mary E., 1430 Astor St., Chicago, 111.Hoppe TheresaHulett, A. C, 349 E. 32nd St., New York City.Hull, C. T.

Deceased.

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Laird, U. W.Langwar, Anna D.Markham, M. A., New Haven, Conn.Mostow, E. E., 426 E. 26th St., New York City.Pangborn, L. E.Redmond, Mrs. E. E.Reid, M. E.Robertson, Esther.Shaw, Sarah, 239 E. 27th St., New York City.SlMONSON, S. L.Snyder, M. E., (Mrs. Du Bois), Whiteport, N. Y.Somerset, Lizzie.Stone, A. M., (Mrs. Cummer), 2996 Edgehill Rd., Cleveland, Ohio.Warren, Alice M. (R.N.), 60 W. 162nd St., New York City.White, Julia.Wright, H. E. (Mrs. Weeks).

1881

Allen, S. E.Benedict, Augusta.Beery, Mrs. Inez.Brooks, E. M. (Mrs. Peter Hoe).Bullock, Mary.Celley, A. L.Clark, S. M., Milton, N. Y.Coffin, Magdalena, Catskill, N. Y., c/o Mr. Day.Ellis, Anna.Emmons, Alice (R.N.), 540 W. 189th St., New York City.Hall, Carrie.Hubbard, Emily L., (Mrs. Hawley), Highland, San Bernardino, Cal.Hunt, A. R. (Mrs. Bryce).Kerr, Emily L. (R.N.), 540 W. 189th St., New York City.Leighton, Frances (R.N.), 22 Sound View Ave., Portchester, N. Y.Lowe, A. B. (R.N.).Macy, Mary.Mills, E. B.Pierce, E. E.Randall, Mrs. MaryRichards, E. M. (Mrs. Morrow).Scarlett, Amelia.Shallcross, Catherine.Van Deurs, Martha (Mrs. Lawson), New York City.Warren, Cora (R.N.), 60 W. 162nd St, New York City.Watson, Cora, Cincinnati, Ohio.White, Gertrude, now Mrs. Brown, Washington, D. C.

1882

Adams, S. W., (Mrs. F. W. Conrad), San Bernardino, Cal.Alford, H. M. (Mrs. Devine).Barnard, E. G.Boddie, L. W.Brennan, Agnes S.Clancy, H. D.Conway, A. L.Cposby, S. J. (M.D.)Disbrow, Sophie, (Mrs. Goddard), Braker Mem. Home, New York City.Drake, S. C.

* Deceased.

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Knapp, Emma, (Mrs. Piper), Omaha, Neb.Law, C M., National City, Cal.Manley, J. C.Martin, A. S.Shaw, K. C, Mrs. Wixon.Shoemaker, Mrs. (Mrs. Turner), Nichols, N. Y.Slayton, M. L. (R.N.)Starr, Lida G. (R.N.), (Mrs. Edwin Hill), National City, Cal.

Traver, A. A. (Mrs. L. Harrison).Wright, Mrs. Emily.

1883

Bolt, Jennie M., (Mrs. Griffin), 50 Le Roy St., Binghamton, N. Y.Clark, A. B. (R.N.), 123 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, N. Y.Dreyer, M. E., (Mrs. Thomas Walker), Marion, Mass.Field, V. S. (R.N.)Hampton, I. A. (Mrs. Robb).Harrington, M. E.Hart, Meredith.Holtorf, Louise.Horner, Harriet (M.D.)Johnson, M. A., Harrison, N. Y.Judd, M. E., (Mrs. Pardee), 151 W. 105th St., New York City.Krause, Louise, (Mrs. Dawson), Kansas City, Mo.Lampe, H. E. (R.N.)Lewis, Belle.MacKenzie, M. E., (Mrs. Garmany), Bay Shore, Long Island, N. Y.Mandeville, Edith, (Mrs. J. Neville Craig), Palo Alto, Cal.Mathewson, Joan.Newlin, Helen.Peck, Caroline.Shaw, Jane, Dublin, Ireland.Slade, E. E., (Mrs. Leonard), Newport, R. I.Smith, Ida.Stackhouse, Martha (Mrs. Watson).TlNGLEY, S. J.Traylen, Dora.Vorce, S. J., 62 Guide Park Ave., Amsterdam, N. Y.Wilcox, F. E., (Mrs. Close).

1884

Alton, A. M., (Mrs. L. C Baldwin), Bellport, L. I.Arthur, Jennie, (Mrs. Edwin Parsons), Clinton, Ky.Baker, H. W.Baldwin, S. K.Becker, E. J.Bigelow, A. S'., (Mrs. Theodore F. Lees), Madison, Conn.Brownlee, Grace, (Mrs. Clarke).Clary, M. E., Jamaica, L. I.Crippen, Mrs. FlorenceCrippen, Marcia, (Mrs. Sherman Brown), Hudson River State Hosp.,

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.Darche, LouiseDavies, Jennie.Downes, Helen.Draper, Edith.

Deceased.

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Dunlop, Catherine, 611 E. 7th St., Long Beach, Cal.Faye, Ida (M. D.), (Mrs. Levering).Fessenden, Bessie.Funk, M. A., East Greenville, Pa.Gale, Caroline, (Mrs. C. H. Johnson), West Gardner, Mass.Hawkey, S. J., (Mrs. Hawthorne), Maxton, N. C. Box K.Lee, M. R. (Mrs. H. H. Osgood).McVean, Mary, (Mrs. Chapman).Merritt, Isabel.*Remsen, Henrietta, (Mrs. Stuart Brown).Robinson, M. E., (Mrs. Douglas), 170 W. 59th St., New York City.Sherman, M. E., (Mrs. Burdick), 1772 Sedgwick Ave., N. Y. City.Snively^ M. A.Stickles, Sarah A., (Mrs. Wm. G. Ivy), 65 Conseeyea St., Brooklyn,

N. Y.Wadley, Mary E. (R.N.), c/o L. Bogert, 5 St. James PL, Albany, N. Y.Wood, Ella C.

1885

Cameron, Emma (R.N.), Montreal, Canada.Chapin, AIary E., (Mrs. Earle), 395 Village Ave., Rockville Centre,

N. Y.Cox, Teresa A. (R.N.)Damer, Annie (R.N.)Douglas, AIary L., (Mrs. Seamans), Fernwood, Oswego, N. Y.Dutcher, H. P.Givens, Rachel (R.N.), 426 E. 26th St., New York City.Hall, Alice.Henley, Maud, (Mrs. Turner).Holmes, Emma (R.N.), 2125 Amsterdam Ave., New York City.Hopkins, Jennie, 40 High St., Springfield, Mass.Kimber, Diana C.McCormack, Anna, (Mrs. Russell).McDowell, Frances.Mills, Laura B., (Mrs. Marlow), Syracuse, N. Y.Montfort, Sarah J.Murray, Mary.Schindel, A. A., (Mrs. Paul Prymatchenko), Oceanside, Cal.Speer, A. M.Sweet, Anna M.Ward, Kate.Webber, Helen R. S.Weir, Wilhelmina.Woodworth, Margaret (R.N.), 122 Lancaster St., Albany, N. Y.

1886

Berry, Jane L. (M.D.).Bowers, Amelia.Brady, Mary.Chamberlain, Sarah B. (R.N.), 110 Willow Grove Ave., Chestnut Hill

Pa.Chandler, Harriet.Chapin, Dora F.Clarke, Mary A. (R.N.), 3909 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.Dall, Alice E. (R.N.)

Deceased.

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Delano, Jane A. (R.N.)Dock, Lavinia (R.N.), Fayetteville, Pa., R. D. 2.Downs, Ella.Fowler, Emma J. (R.N.)Gladding, Mrs. Agnes.Greene, Alice H., (Mrs. Hotchkiss).Hutchinson, Florence.Jager, H. F., (Mrs. F. H. Ray), Magnolia, N. J.Kimber, Helen, London, England.Laflin, Eliza N.Lett, K. L.Lewis, Clara J.Oakley, Lilian M. (R.N.), 125 Wadsworth Ave., New York City.Phelps, Jennie E., (Mrs. L. P. Latimer).Rhodes, Annie (R.N.)Rogers, Mary L.Schoenberg, Emelie L., (Mrs. Cullum).Simpson, Sarah R. (R.N.), (Mrs. D. D. Jennings), 320 86th St..

Brooklyn, N. Y.Traver, Carrie M., New York City.Wagner, Frieda E. (R.N.)

1887Armstrong, Evangeline.Ball, Kate, (Mrs. Powers), Los Angeles, Cal.Diamond, Kate W.Eastwood, C. E., Supt, Victoria Order of Nurses, Toronto, Can.Hatch, Mary O., (Mrs. A. B. Holt), Culver, Ind.Horrigan, Clara, (Mrs. Devlin), Meridian, N. Y.

Johnson, Ella, (Mrs. Kimnar).Llewellyn, Agnes, Sewanee, Tenn.Longeway, M. Louise, Chicopee Falls, Mass.McCollom, Sallie J., (M.D.), 29 East Madison St., Chicago, 111.Pelton, Mrs. Lizzie.Pope, Georgina F., Halifax, N. S.Rayburn, Minnie (R.N.), 132 E. 45th St., New York City.Reed, Rosa G.Scott, Sarah (Mrs. Fletcher), Vancouver, B. C, Canada.Shearer, H. A.Smith, Jennie E., Spencerport, N. Y.Talbot, Clara B. (M.D.), (Mrs. Weidman), Rockport, MaineWard. Clara A., Hotel Seville, New York City.Warner, Helen M., 45 Gramercy Pk., New York City.Willard, Mrs. Ada L. (Mrs. Simpson).Williams, R. D.Worcester, Mary H.Youry, Kate L., (Mrs. Martin).

1888

Antisdale, Alice (R.N.), 125 Crescent St., Allegan, Mich.Buxton, Fannie E.Carroll, Ella L.Carver, Ida (Mrs. Holland), Houston, Texas.Chase, Cora, (Airs. M. C. Paddock), No. Pownal, Vt.Chichester, Harriet (R.N.\ 25 Cottage PI., White Plains, N. Y.Chichester, Susan, (Mrs. Smith), 1305 E. Mercer St., Seattle, Wash.

Deceased.

57

Dunn, Katherine (R.N.)Fairbanks, Florida, Sewanee, Tenn.Farmer, Gertrude, Social Service, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass.Hess, Christine C, (Mrs. C. C. Yutz), 213 N. 2nd St., Rockford, 111.Moody, Mrs. J. S. Newbern, N. C.Moore, Mary G., Redwood City, Cal.Kevins, Grace.Penney, Rosa J. (R.N.)Perry, Nettie I. (Mrs. Coakley).Russell, Irene.Smith, Florence M.Stannard, Eva L., (Mrs. J. C. Ross), 1220 Oakwood Ave., Troy, N. Y.Thornburn, Emma B., (Mrs. De Camp).Valentine, Estelle, 731 W. 8th St., Plainfield, N. J.Voris, Emma J.Warburton, Fannie, (Mrs. G. Currie, Jr.), Grafton, Mont.Webster, Lillian O., (Mrs. W. M. True), Adams's Basin, N. Y.Wright, Maggie P.

1889Bannister, Lucy A. (M.D.).Bristol, Cornelia B.Cahoon, Ceara B. (R.N.), 49 E. 73rd St., New York City.Curran, Sarah F.Davidson, Augusta H., (Mrs. Strippel).Dennis, Frances A., Company 6 Military House, Danville, 111.Duxfield, Margaret A. (Mrs. Livingston).Evans, Mary E., Mrs. Smith.Holloway, Alice.Howard, Martha, Coulee Ranch, Craig, Mont.Janes, Martha L. (R.N.), 40 S. Grand Oaks Ave., Pasadena, Cal.LiTTLEFiELD, Mary S., Sidney, N. Y.Loveridge, Emily, Supt., Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon.Lukes, Agnes A.McNaul, Alice E. (Mrs. Burrell).Matthews, Mary E. (Mrs. Cairns, Jr.)Montrose, Hattie F.Moore, Gertrude W., 87 Bellevue Ave., Toronto, Ont., Canada.Quimby, Lucy R.Rasmussen, Christine (Mrs. Rorabach), 1944 Loring PI., N. Y. City.Remington, Florence, (Mrs. A. W. Logan), Newburg, Oregon.Repplier, Florence.Tributt, Catherine Lee.Tracey, Kate A. (R.N.), 16 W. 75th St., New York City.Woolhopter, Margaret H.Wright, Jennie M.Yoseph, Hanna G., Persia.

1890

Barnes, Minnie, (Mrs. Wygant).Beck, Anna M.Claghorne, Leila, (Mrs. McArtner), Ft. Covington, N. Y.Cobane, Louise.Crocker, Fannie.Dortch, Mary E. (Mrs. Schofteld).Franklin, Helen M.

* Deceased.

58

Fraser, Helen, (Mrs. Owen Davies), Ontario, Canada.Hill, Agnes, 60 Ramsey Park, Rochester, N. Y.Janney, Mary C, 517 Orkney Rd., Govans, Md.Moore, Lizzie E.Murdock, Ella.Neilson, Matilda.Pring, Mary H.Rigby, Agnes.Sammis, Olive E., (Mrs. Knight), Peekskill, N. Y.Sampson, Edith A. (R.N.)Trowbridge, Elizabeth, Aintab, Turkey.Turner, Anna (R.N.), 189 E. Main St., Port Jervis, N. Y.Wright, Mrs. Caroline.

1891Aiken, Katherine.Baillie, Lochhart, (Mrs. Sterling), Hermosa Beach, Cal.Cooper, Alice, (Mrs. Bensel), 51 Bennett Ave., Arlington, N. J.Curtis, Helen V., (Mrs. T. C. Tibbetts), Lynn, Mass.

*Durfee, Helen M.Gafford, Sarah P., (Mrs. Leonard).Gilliland, Ella, (Mrs. J. Birmingham).Hoagland, M. J.Horrigan, Martha (R.N.), Meridian, N. Y.Kerr, Anna W. (R.N.), Canton, Pa.Kraemer, Elin K. (R.N.), St. Cloud, Fla.Love, Leonora, (Mrs. C. LEE).Love, May L. (R.N.).MacDonald, Helen V. (R.N.), (Mrs. Castro), Scranton, Pa.McLean, Margaret.MacMillan, Mary (M.D.), New ^ork City.McNair, Mary P., (Mrs. Curtis), Oneonta, N. Y.Matthews, Alice G., (Mrs. Walsh), Woodhaven, L. 1.Middlemiss, Mary.Moore, Mary A., 326 First St., Albany, N. Y.Prial, Mary F., Melvern, British West Indies. .Reilly, Alice.*Schlatterer, Wilhelmine C.Shearer, Kate, West Palm Beach, Florida.Shugart, Katherine.Spence, Clara L., (Mrs. D. A. Poe), Montreal, Canada.Tryon, Mary.Underhill, Ella.*Van Alen, Maria V. D. (R.N.).Whiton, Alice M.

1892

Apperly, Ada G., (Mrs. Follows), Azasa, Pasadena, Cal.Bentley. Ida W. (Mrs. Jackson).Boyle, Mary A., 315 So. Exchange PI., St. Paul, Minn.Burt, Jennie S.Coleman, Mary E., 426 E. 26th St., New York City.Cradock, Cecelia A.Eger, Nancy J., (Mrs. Smith), Scranton, Pa.

Glendenning, Mary F.Hosford, Edith.*Kellam, Susan P.Lewts, Florence N., (Mrs. Cook), Buffalo, N. Y.

* Deceased.

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Loughborough, Eliza R. (R.N.), 1726 M St., N. W., Washington, D. C.Magee, Carrie.Mayer, Laura B.O'Don nell, Mary A., Tuberculosis Sanatorio, Havana, Cuba.Paul, Elizabeth.Phillips, Elinore, Converse College, Spartenburg

(N. C.

Reid, Elizabeth F., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.Schenck, Annie (R.N.), (Mrs. L. Humphrey), American Red Cross,

American Red Cross, Washington, D. C.Sechler, Sarah, Montgomery, Pa.Sexton, Sarah A., New York City.Slee, Laura A., Deep River, Conn.Snyder, Emma, Rome, N. Y.sweetland, jessie e.Wilkinson, Lucy.

1893Barry, Ruth.Brink, Carrie J. (R.N.)Busse, Matilda J., (Mrs. Russell).Connor, Frances C, (Airs. Leon Grove), Anandale, Pa.Dvvyer, Delia (R.N)., 133 W. 94th St., New York City.Gibb, Ida.

Hamilton, Mildred M. (R.N.), Little River, Dade Co., Fla., Box 58.Harris, Sue H.Hope, Margaret (R.N.), Staten Island.Hunt, Julia.Huntington, Fanny, (Mrs. E. W. Johnson), 426 E. 26th St., New

York City.Jones, Annie M.Kelly. Marguerette F., (Mrs. B. McFadden), New Rochelle, N. Y.Leinbach, Mary V. (R.N.), 235 Church Street, Winston- Salem, N. C.Little, Nellie M.Lunney, Minnie (R.N.), Cornwall, X. Y.Marsh, Emma (R.N.), (Mrs. Charles Hill), North Bridgeton, Me.Norvell, Emily W., (Mrs. Belt), Washington, D. C.Perkins, Lida (R.N.)Reese, Bertha, (Mrs. Stevens), West Roxbury, Mass.Rogers, Alice.Seymour, Marion, (Mrs. Coddington), Philadelphia, Pa.Tingle, Katherine, (Mrs. Jones).Van Sickle, Harriett (R.N.), Cayuga, N. Y.Voorhees, Leslie, Memphis, N. Y.Wicks, Maud A., (Mrs. R. L. Long).

1894

Carey, Charlotte.Case, Jennie E., New Bedford, Mass.Christie, E. Louise (R. N.), 399 Park Ave., New York City.Clary, Caroline, (Mrs. Brinkerhoff)

,Jamaica, N. Y.

Crooks, Lizzie.Farmer, Theresa (R.N.), 11 E. 32nd St., New York City.Galbraith, Helen M. (R.N.), (Mrs. E. Edwards), 221 Fifth Avenue,

Greenport, L. I.Leigh, Annie L. (R. N.), Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, X. Y.Newbury, Myrta J., (Mrs. Mersereau), Seabright, N. J.

Deceased

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O'Neil, Anna V.Pierce, Emma M., (Mrs. Shaw), Fishkill Village, N. Y.Roe, Helena.

•Ross, Annie J., (Mrs. R. Wilson).Sherrard, Evelyn B.Slack, Nellie, (Mrs. Charles Betts), Toledo, Ohio.Stackhouse, Alice G., 404 Second Ave., Sands Point, Idaho.

1895

Aldrich, Maud, (Mrs. Wm. A. Ross).Andrus, Mary E., (Mrs. Brooks).Bennett, Adelaide, (Mrs. W. McKee).Bristol, Phinette K.Corbin, Carrie (R.N.), (Mrs. W. H. Ballard), Holmes, N. Y.Davey, Alberta W. (M.D.), (Mrs. Banks), East Orange, N. J.Dilworth, Eva.Eby, Laura (R.N.), Hightstown, N. J.Elston, Lydia, (Mrs. Esler Rondinello), 217 E. 35th St., N. Y. C.Gordon, Harriet.Harte, Josephine M., (Mrs. Bradl